In 2003, political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt identified fourteen characteristics common to Fascist regimes. Jingoistic Nationalism Disregard for Human Rights Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats Glorification of the Military Rampant Sexism Compliant Mass Media Obsession with National Security Religion and Government are Intertwined Protection of…

They’re ramping it up again. It’s election time and all the old tricks are on display over at Pacific Quay. I’ve literally lost count of the news bulletins, online articles and special reports that have given me cause for concern…

Conservative leader Theresa May has been accused of breaking electoral rules by disguising a campaign event as a children’s party. Mrs May, who is in Scotland as part of her general election campaign, appeared at a private event in Crathes…

A Labour controlled local authority is at the centre of what a rival councillor has described as a “scandal” after £200,000 of public cash was inappropriately earmarked for work on storm damaged land said to be owned by a Labour…

A key segment of a reply from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was cut from Reporting Scotland because the programme did not have enough capacity to show it, BBC Scotland chiefs have claimed. The First Minister had been taking part in…

A controversial academic with links to a pro-Union campaign group has accused the SNP of displaying “manufactured outrage” over the so-called ‘Rape Clause’, because there is a general election on. Retired historian Jill Stephenson made the accusation in a tweet…

Whatever else the claimed ‘surge’ in support for the British Conservative & Unionist Party in Scotland (BCUPS) indicates, it certainly tells us something very important about the way the British political system works; and about politics in general. Something that…

Who won the Holyrood election last year? The result said the SNP but the media presented Ruth Davidson as the winner by dint of the Scottish Conservatives having replaced Scottish Labour as the main challenger to the SNP. Davidson turned…

Almost fifty thousand pounds of taxpayer’s cash has been spent by the Scotland Office in order to support UK Govt claims that Scottish trade with the UK is four times that of the EU. A Freedom of Information [FOI] request…

As we would expect and, indeed, as is proper for the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon does no more than hint at the threat to the Scottish Parliament. But be in no doubt that the threat is real. The…